Scope and Contents 208 x 158 mm. Showing Bell standing among a group of the British Cotton Growing Association in a Manchester street. The only other identified figure in the group is James Arthur Hutton (1862-1925), at the left of the photograph. Hutton, a co-founder of the Association, devoted many years work to the development of the cotton trade in the Empire and published a number of books on the subject. Bell's speech at the meeting pointed out that foreign competition was taking a disproportionate...

Scope and Contents 341 x 284 mm. Mounted on card. Group portrait of guests at a weekend house party at Joseph Chamberlain's residence near Birmingham. The figures in the group are:Sir Henry Hesketh BELL: see introduction to collection for biographical notes.Sir Edward Walter HAMILTON (1847-1908): Treasury official 1870-1902.Thomas Henry SANDERSON (1841-1923), 1st Baron Sanderson: entered Foreign Office 1859; Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1894-1906.Mrs Mary C....

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165 x 121 mm. Showing Bell seated on a garden bench with two young children. No further information has been found as to the identity of the Sharwells.

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Diaries, notebooks, letters, scrapbooks and publications. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation.